I think Tiger would be more enthusiastic about the Ryder Cup (if he skipped the Presidents Cup), and not just Tiger, but all the top players. Biennially, it's fairly easy to get excited about playing.

Someone said to me that [the Presidents Cup] was making my job a lot easier, and in a way he was right, ... It was good to get an idea of what's going to work at the Ryder Cup and what's not. I learned a lot watching the guys play, their mannerisms, how loose they were, how uptight they were. You can only see those things in person.

When Tiger was on the team in Australia (at the 1998 Presidents Cup), he rode on the bus with everybody else, he was at every meeting, he had dinner with everybody every night. He was a perfect team member. I've got great respect for Tiger and I see nothing else coming from him other than what I saw in Australia.

This is not as intense as the regular tour was,

I don't think they've skipped a beat.

We don't get criticized at the Presidents Cup like we do the Ryder. Where I see the difference is there's a lot more intensity in this (media) room.